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प्रश्न
Give reason for the following:
If you uproot a plant from the soil, its leaves soon wilt.
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उत्तर
If a plant is uprooted, the leaves continue to lose water through transpiration, but there is no more water absorbed by the roots. This does not allow compensation for the loss of water by transpiration; hence, the leaves of the uprooted plant will wilt soon.
संबंधित प्रश्न
The diagram of an given below demonstrates a particular process in plants. Study the same and answer the questions that follow :

(i) Name the apparatus.
(ii) Which phenomenon is demonstrated by this apparatus?
(iii) Explain the phenomenon mentioned in (ii) above.
(iv) State two limitations of using this apparatus.
(v) What is the importance of the air bubble in the experiment?
(vi) Name the structures in a plant through which the above process takes place.
Match the items in column I with those in column II
| Column I | Column II | ||
| (a) | Xylem | (i) | semi - permeable |
| (b) | Phloem | (ii) | permeable |
| (c) | Cell membrane | (iii) | downward flow of sap |
| (d) | Root pressure | (iv) | upward flow of water |
| (e) | Cell wall | (v) | guttation |
Given below is the diagrammatic representation of the transverse section of a part of a plant. Study it and answer the questions that follow:
(a) Name the part of the plant that is shown
(b) Label the parts 1 to 6
(c) Write the functions of parts 3 and 5
Study the experimental setup in the figure and then answer the question that follow.

What is meant by 'semipermeable membrane'?
What is toxicity ?
Root hairs are ______
Epiphytic plants like orchids absorb water vapours from air with the help of epiphytic roots having special tissue called ____________.
Identify the zone in wbkh root hair occurs.
Root hair is a cytoplasmic extension of ______.
Explain about the factors that affect water absorption.
